Best Looking Silks in Racing?

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:15 pm

I gotta go with Tabor... that orange on the blue just does it for me.

wallinga · Postby **wallinga** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:33 pm

I like the aga's colours

amanda1 · Postby **amanda1** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:41 pm

Adena

HR LLC · Postby **HR LLC** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:43 pm

Sorry but I am voting for myself on this one...royal blue with orange diamond on the sleeves with HR on the back in orange...looks great at Remington Park and Charles Town...

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:45 pm

Darley... love the maroon. Godolphin and the blue is nice as well.

I've always been partial to black and green, so I dig Silent Witness' silks -- kind of what I'd always wanted for myself.

Oxley's yellow and grey checkerboard is cool.

Juddmontes are the only time I've seen pink on silks look good.

CA Michael · Postby **CA Michael** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:06 pm

Phipps' black silks with cherry red cap are the classiest in racing. Paulson's tawdry use of the American flag are the worst.

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:09 pm

I would say Phipps as well. There's an owner out here, has horses with Drysdale, whose silks are a nice bright royal blue and white, with red -- maybe sleeves and cap are red?. I wish I remembered one of his horses so I could recall it better. Anyways, I always think they're nice looking.

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:11 pm

CA Michael wrote:Phipps' black silks with cherry red cap are the classiest in racing.

ROKE! Did you just hack Michael's account?

CA Michael wrote:Paulson's tawdry use of the American flag are the worst.

Agreed, but then I think any use of the colours on something other than a flag are offensive. All those people up in arms about Janet Jackson flashing her tits at the Super Bowl, I was more pissed off about Kid Rock cutting a hole in a flag and wearing it like a poncho.

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:13 pm

Indychase wrote:I would say Phipps as well.

If we're talking about class, I'd say Janney's red and white trumps Phipps black and red. Whitney blue and brown trumps them both. If the farm were still around, Calumet would win hands down.

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:43 pm

Indychase wrote:I would say Phipps as well. There's an owner out here, has horses with Drysdale, whose silks are a nice bright royal blue and white, with red -- maybe sleeves and cap are red?. I wish I remembered one of his horses so I could recall it better. Anyways, I always think they're nice looking.

Now I found it. It's Live Life's silks. Owner Shawn Dugan.

Derring · Postby **Derring** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:47 pm

Lord Derby's Black silks.........

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:38 am

Are you people colorblind? The classiest silks of all time had dark gray and yellow braids!

Who's the guy that has the Chicago Cubs "C" on his silks? I guess the guy is used to losing. LMAO!

Kelly Kip · Postby **Kelly Kip** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:39 am

If you like orange & blue, Hobeau's are nice. Orange body, blue & orange blocks on sleeves.

petersd · Postby **petersd** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:16 am

The Calumet silks are still around - TNT Stud out of South America bought them at auction for a small amount, and you see them occasionally in California racing.
As for the best silks, I'm partial to my own.

Official description is "Infantry blue, gold cross sashes and three gold bands, each sleeve, gold cap." The infantry blue is for the 16 years (and counting) I've been an infantry officer, the gold sashes represent the crossed rifles of the infantry (though I opted out of using them, as I didn't want my horses to look like an NRA advertisement) and the gold bands are for my three kids.
Had a heck of a time getting them to call it "Infantry blue." On debut, it was listed at powder blue. I called up the racing secretary make a correction, and was told, "I don't see where it makes that big a deal to you." I told them if they'd gone through what I had to earn those colors, they would understand how much it meant.

majxmom · Postby **majxmom** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:38 am

For me, the most important aspect of silks is how easily you can see them on the backstretch in a crowd. Normally, I don't care for the esthetic value of Harry Aleo's orange silks, but you can really see that horrible orange from anywhere.

I think that Lael Farms (the Jacksons, Barbaro) have the best silks I've ever seen for beautiful colors and visibility. The green sleeves help you see them anywhere, and the blue with crossed sashes look timeless. I notice them in every race now.